noun
- the quality or state of being paradoxical; the condition of containing or exhibiting a paradox
Usage: formal; abstract noun
Examples
- The paradoxicality of the situation struck everyone: the more they tried to solve the problem, the worse it became.
- Philosophers have long debated the paradoxicality of free will in a deterministic universe.
- The novel's central theme explores the paradoxicality of human nature—our capacity for both great kindness and terrible cruelty.
- The paradoxicality of the statement made it difficult for readers to understand the author's true intent.
- In quantum mechanics, the paradoxicality of particles existing in multiple states simultaneously challenges our everyday intuition.
- The paradoxicality of the law created confusion among legal experts about how to apply it fairly.